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    It is not the case that The absence of a demand for reciprocity in disponibilité does not eliminate the necessity of reciprocity for the relationship to fully flourish.

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    • 1.Levinas argues that genuine ethical relation to the Other is fundamentally asymmetrical, requiring no reciprocity to achieve full moral depth.
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    • 2.If full flourishing requires reciprocity, disponibilité collapses into a conditional openness, contradicting Marcel's own distinction from instrumental love.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Agape in the Christian tradition, which Marcel draws upon, is paradigmatically one-directional and yet constitutes the most complete form of relational love.
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    • 2.A relationship's full flourishing is measured by the quality of one party's self-giving, not by symmetric exchange between parties.
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    • 1.Disponibilité does not demand reciprocity and some relationship is possible without it.
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    • 2.Nevertheless, reciprocity must be present if the relationship is to fully flower.
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